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projector |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Projector \Pro*jec"tor\, n. An optical instrument for projecting a picture upon a screen, as by a magic lantern or by an instrument for projecting (by reflection instead of transmission of light) a picture of an opaque object, as photographs, picture post-cards, insects, etc., in the colors of the object itself In this latter form the projection is accomplished by means of a combination of lenses with a prism and a mirror or reflector. Specific instruments have been called by different names such as {radiopticon}, {mirrorscope}, {balopticon}, etc From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Projector \Pro*ject"or\, n. [Cf. F. projeteur.] One who projects a scheme or design; hence one who forms fanciful or chimerical schemes. --L'Estrange. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: projector n 1: a device for projecting a beam of light 2: an optical instrument that projects an enlarged image onto a screen
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